Program Leader, Global OneLIMS – Global LIMS Program

Job Description

Project Leader, LIMS | Corning Incorporated

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Corning Incorporated, likely based in a hybrid capacity out of Corning, NY, overseeing global operations. Corning is a world leader in glass, ceramic, and materials science, driven by its people who consistently push boundaries and advance technologies. This role is crucial for executing a global program to streamline laboratory information management across Corning’s R&D network, directly impacting the efficiency and innovation capabilities of the company’s life sciences and other critical businesses. Your work will help connect, transform, and deliver breakthroughs across diverse industries.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid, Corning, NY
• Pay: $97542–$134121 yearly
• Team: Manages one direct report and collaborates with a global matrixed program team
• Mission: Leads the execution of the global OneLIMS program across R&D labs to deliver a scalable and sustainable laboratory information management solution.
• Tech Stack: OneLIMS, LIMS, laboratory systems, ERP, MES, CRM, scientific applications

What You’ll Actually Do
• Program Leadership: Lead execution of the global OneLIMS roadmap across R&D labs in the US, France, and Asia, ensuring alignment to scope, schedule, budget, governance, and business outcomes.
• Delivery Management: Drive sprint-based program delivery across multiple workstreams, coordinating priorities, dependencies, risks, issues, and readiness activities across global and regional teams.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Partner with R&D, laboratory operations, Computing Technologies, enterprise IT, platform owners, vendors, and implementation partners to deliver scalable and sustainable solutions.
• Implementation Oversight: Oversee key implementation activities including business process alignment, data migration, integrations, environments, testing, deployment, cutover, stabilization, and user adoption.
• Team Mentorship: Lead one direct report and foster collaboration, accountability, and execution discipline across a matrixed global program team.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Experience: 5+ years of project or program management experience leading complex IT system implementations across multiple geographies, stakeholder groups, and delivery teams, including managing external vendors and coordinating business process alignment, deployment planning, change management, and user adoption.
• Skills: Technical understanding of IT systems, integrations, data migration, testing, and deployment; strong organizational, communication, and facilitation skills; and strong relationship-building skills with the ability to lead matrixed teams and influence diverse stakeholders.
• Bonus: Advanced degree (MS, MBA); experience implementing LIMS, laboratory systems, or scientific applications in R&D or data-intensive environments; PMP certification; experience working in Agile or hybrid delivery models; and experience with data-centric platforms.